Chapter 3 GML

The largest group of immigrants from continental Europe were the

Germans

Which is not true regarding King Philip and King Philip's War?

Indian tribes fought together under the unified leadership of Metacom

Which was not part of the Glorious Revolution

It secured Catholic succession to the throne of England

Which of the following was not a significant feature of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the early 1690s

Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convicted

Which was not part of the aftermath of King Philip's War

The Iroquois, having attacked the colonists, were destroyed

Which was not part of the Dominion of New England (1686-1688)

Vermont

Lord Baltimore's sudden voting restriction based on land accumulation resulted in

a Protestant uprising calling for his removal of office

Which of the following was not a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion

a determination to abolish slavery in Virginia

The Charter of Liberties and Privileges

allowed for a trial by jury and the security of property

"Racism" - the idea that some races are inherently superior to others and entitled to rule over them - was fully developed in seventeenth-century colonial Virginia

false

After 1667, the Virginia House of Burgesses held that Christians could not enslave other Christians.

false

As colonial society became more structured, opportunities for women in the eighteenth century increased

false

Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 was a rebellion over a tax increase on bacon

false

Eighteenth-century British America was much less diverse than the English population

false

In human history, slaves have all been blacks

false

This chief crop produced by Western Hemisphere slaves during the eighteenth century was also the first to be mass-marketed to consumers in Europe

sugar

The richest group of mainland colonists were

South Carolina planters

Prior to being taken over by the English in 1664, New York was

called New Netherland, and controlled by the Dutch

In the late seventeenth century, the Iroquois were known for their fierce hatred and courageous fighting against British colonists

false

Slaves showed little inclination to challenge their enslavement in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Virginia

false

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669) ended hereditary nobility, and abolished landgraves and caciques

false

Pennsylvania's Charter of Liberty

required persons to affirm Jesus Christ's divinity

Carolina grew slowly until planters discovered what staple crop

rice

When Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion against the Governor of Virginia, he called for all except

the freeing of slaves, particularly enslaved Christians

Which of the following was an effect of Bacon's Rebellion

the increased use of African slaves

This colony was founded by a leader who hoped women and blacks would be given equality along with all persons

Pennsylvania

In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial America's leading commercial port and cultural center was

Philadelphia

In 1691, Massachusetts was transformed when a new charter, issued by the English government, absorbed Plymouth into Massachusetts, and

made property ownership, not church membership, a requirement for voting in General Court elections.

Another name for indentured families was

redemptioners

In the prevailing theory of mercantilism, the government should

regulate economic activity to promote the nation's power

By 1700, almost 2 million acres of land were owned by five New York families

true

Despite the influx of British goods, American craftsmen benefited from the expanding consumer market

true

During the early to mid-eighteenth century, consumption of manufactured goods penetrated the colonies

true

During the first half of the eighteenth century, the flow of non-English migrants to British North America was larger than that of English migrants

true

Fourteen women and five men were hanged as witches in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692

true

Great Britain eclipsed the Dutch as the leading producer and trader of inexpensive consumer goods in the eighteenth century

true

In 1678, when the Lords of Trade in England queried the Massachusetts government about how well it was following the Navigation Acts, the Lords received the reply from the colony that the Navigation Acts did not apply to the colony unless the colony's own government (not the British Parliament, but rather the Massachusetts General Court) approved them

true

In 1705, the House of Burgesses enacted strict slave codes

true

In the English colonies as a whole, half of the wealth by the mid-eighteenth century was concentrated in the hands of the richest 10 percent of the population

true

In the Walking Purchase of 1737, the Lenni Lanape Indians of Pennsylvania lost more land than they had anticipated when Governor James Logan hired a team of runners to mark off the amount of land "a man could walk" in thirty-six hours

true

Most colonies barred Catholics and Jews from voting and holding public office

true

New York was named after King Charles II's brother, James, the Duke of York

true

Tituba, who was one of the people accused of being a witch in Salem, was originally an Indian from the Caribbean who, in 1692, was a slave in Massachusetts

true

Under the seventeenth-century British Navigation Acts, certain goods produced in the colonies had to be taken in English ships and sold in ports in England

true

Vastly more people living in the colonies had far greater opportunities - to vote, own land, worship freely - than existed in Europe

true

Virginia's upper class in the 1700s was sometimes called a "cousinocracy."

true